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17: 33: 175: 169: 84:, Adelbold, the second duke of Frisia, a son of Asconius (ruled 130-173), was a very unruly, warlike man, who kept himself busy creating trouble between his neighbours and starting wars. He created battle schools, where Frisian boys of 15 years and older were educated in weaponry. He sent his bastard brother, Titus Bojocalis, with auxiliary troops in the army of Emperor 112:
Adelbold, who contracted a debilitating disease after this victory, proposed that the Frisians appoint Titus as commander-in-chief in his stead. And so it came to be that Titus was elected Duke of the Frisians in 187. Shortly after he was thus promoted, Adelbold again regained his good health. Titus
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when the Frisians appeared with all their power to prevent the enemy crossing the river. When both armies faced each other across the river, Titus Bojocalis, together with eight hundred men, crossed the Eem higher up the river and unexpectedly attacked the enemy, killing many of them and driving the
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wanted to hand him the government back, but Adelbold, who seemed to have lost his war-like character along with his disease, rejected the offer and continued the rest of his life quietly. He died in 208.
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remainder into the river. About four hundred of them crossed by swimming, but Adelbold killed most of them.
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